COUNCIL OFFICE:
1. The Council Office mails each registered Merit Badge
Counselor a renewal form and includes a return address
label.
2. The Council Office uses the current Merit Badge Counselor List
as a basis for sending the renewal letters. The letters are mailed
each January.
MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR:
1. Each Merit Badge Counselor reviews the renewal letter,
then if they desire to continue to be a Merit Badge
Counselor, signs, dates, and returns the renewal letter
to the Council Office.
COUNCIL OFFICE:
1. The Council Office enters the renewals in the computer,
making any changes noted.
2. The Council Office mails to each District Merit Badge Coordinator
a list of the Merit Badge Counselors who have not returned their renewal
letters.
DISTRICT MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR COORDINATOR:
1. The District Merit Badge Coordinator reviews the
list and contacts the counselors.
2. The District Merit Badge Counselor Coordinator confirms
status, identifying those counselors who will discontinue
and those who will renew. The list is returned to the
Council Office.
COUNCIL OFFICE:
1. Counselors not continuing will have their names deleted from the
master list.
2. The Council will wait a designated period for late renewals, then
print the list.
3. Copies of the new Merit Badge Counselor list will be distributed,
each Troop receiving one copy of the list.
4. The number of extra copies printed will be determined
by the Council Office.
MERIT BADGE COUNSELORS & TROOP ADVANCEMENT CHAIRMAN:
1. Every Merit Badge Counselor should review the new
list to ensure that the information is correct.
2. To correct an error or omission, a renewal application needs to
be submitted.
3. The application is mailed to the District Merit
Badge Counselor Coordinator, who will process the application.
DISTRICT MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR COORDINATOR:
1: The District Merit Badge Counselor Coordinator signs
the application and processes it as a normal Merit Badge
Counselor renewal application.
